LAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY J. KROLL CLIENT FEATURED IN ARTICLE ON CTA DERAILMENT
Northwestern University's "Medill Reports Chicago" featured an article regarding a client of the Law Offices of Jeffrey J. Kroll, for whom Jeffrey J. Kroll and Heather Begley won a $135,000 jury verdict against the CTA. The article, entitled "Other subways move more people, but CTA leads in derailments," stated that the CTA has derailed 13 times since January of 2005 - more than both the New York City Subway System and the Washington Metro combined. Many of the derailments have been attributed to decrepit equipment and poor employee training.
In February of 2010, the Chicago Tribune reported that the CTA plans to pay $674 million to purchase new train cars and retire train cars that have been in use since as far back as 1969. Let's hope that the purchase of the new train cars is a step in the direction of increased safety initiatives for the CTA and helps avoid derailments.
